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In Year 1, our foundation doctors do 3 four-month clinical rotations, which may or may not be based in Oxford. During one of these rotations, they have one day a week of protected academic time. This can be used to develop research-project plans.

In Year 2, most trainees spend 4 months in a mix of specialties providing acute and non-acute experience. All trainees have protected research time. For some this will be a dedicated four-month academic block; others will have different time allocations and distributions depending on the post.

Year 1 foundation doctors who are training within Health Education Thames Valley but not on the AFP can apply to our stand-alone Academic Foundation Year 2. This is a competitive process that is run each year in late spring.

What we offer

All Oxford AFP doctors:

conduct research in an area of their own choice

are allocated to an academic lead, who can offer support with identifying a research project

can apply for a grant of up to £1, 000 to cover research and conference-attendance costs

are part of our wider programme, designed to involve trainees fully in Oxford’s academic community and foster the development of clinical academic careers

have opportunities to participate in journal clubs and undertake case presentations

prepare and present a grand round (i.e. a medical-teaching lecture)

have access to a wide variety of research training courses

can choose to undertake additional training in medical education during their two-year programme

benefit from the excellent and stimulating training environment at Oxford.

In addition, all the major academic departments of the University are keen to offer mentors, and the Foundation Training Programme Director and the Foundation School Director will give advice where needed.

who is eligible

Our AFP doctors join us with different types and levels of research experience and qualifications. Some have no experience but want a 'taster' of what an academic career would be like.

The main thing is for candidates to demonstrate academic interest and potential.

Source: www.oucags.ox.ac.uk

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